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DarthMetalliCube said:

SpokenTruth said:

The name bit is a joke.  My first question was serious though.  And given that your only inference to fascism so far is the use of violence against something, then that suggests you really aren't all that familiar with the concept of fascism aside from that one factor. You just see AntiFa's predilection for violence as equivocal to fascism because fascists were also violent....but for very different reasons.

You ignore the fact AntiFa's violence is a reaction.  Fascist violence is a not.  It's a core tenet of growing their party/nation.  Further, fascism is built around a single, authoritarian leader with staunch protectionism, isolationist and military expansionist polices.  Fascists absolutely oppose liberal or western democracies.  Every bit of that is antithetical to AntiFa.

A reaction to what exactly? Speech? New ideas? There is absolutely no justification to "react" to speech in the way they do, just because you don't agree with it. Ideas are largely subjective in terms of their positive or negative impact on people/society. Violence is not. 

Maybe they aren't "Fascist" in the traditional sense or on a government level - but they certainly use Fascist-like tactics because as they're using force to basically shape discourse and thus society for the benefit of "the collective". Sure the collective might not be for the "state" in this case, but it's still a top-down sort of operation.

At the very least, they should be considered terrorists performing terrorist acts. I've also heard the term Anarcho-Fascist to describe them.

And there is such a thing as left-wing Fascism, so it does make sense.

Here's the truth about Antifa. They're mostly made up of upper class, well off, well fed white people. They got their shiny new iPhones, their Nike high-top sneakers, their trust fund and parents who have bulldozed every obstacle and challenge out of their way so they can have an easy life. As a result of having everything, they're bored. Their boredom has somehow convinced them that they're living in an oppressed society. These people have never been to a third world country. Most of them have never even been outside of the United States (I'm referring to the ones who live in America, obviously). They claim to speak for the working class and every racial group under the sun that isn't white even that as a group, they're made of mostly white people who don't work. I can tell you that real working class people would never be part of a group like that because they're too busy actually working and making a living.